On April 15, the 21st year of Dashang, the emperor drove the expedition in person.

At the beginning of June of the 21st year of the Great Shang, Xirong was defeated and paid tribute to the Great Shang Dynasty.

In the middle of June of the 21st year of the Great Shang, the emperor drove back to Beijing.

Along the way, the heat was scorching, and as soon as the sun came out, the ground seemed to be on fire. Horses and chariots can only walk part of the road in the early hours of the morning and dusk, and the rest of the time they have to hide in the post station or in the woods to escape the heat.

The emperor did not rush back to Beijing in a hurry, but took dozens of Yu Linwei all the way to the capital.

The original one-month journey, the emperor's journey took nearly two months.

On August 11, the 21st year of Dashang, the emperor boarded the ship in Tongzhou, and it was expected that he could rush back to the capital on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The big ship sailed smoothly and headed to the capital at the fastest speed.

At noon on August 14, the 21st year of the Great Shang, when he was about to arrive in the capital, the big ship on which the emperor was riding was attacked. The bottom of the ship was dug open by the bandits, and more than 50 Yulin Wei escorted fought bloodily, and finally lost the enemy, and the big ship sank in the sandbar in the center of the river.

Except for the dozens of people on the ship, the rest fell into the water with the emperor and died.

Yu Linwei deputy Qianhu Fangjing, after falling into the water, was washed to the shore and was rescued by local fishermen. On the 16th, Fang Jing hurried to the capital before the city gate was locked, and died of exhaustion after explaining the reason.

From the time the accident happened to the time the court received the news, two full days had passed.

Not to mention the corpses, even the sinking ship has shifted its position in the water.

Ignoring the opposition of the courtiers, Chen Luxing took people to the sandbank in the middle of the river in the rain and salvaged it by boat in person. After three days and three nights of sleeplessness, he was finally exhausted and forcibly brought back by Zhen Guogong's palm.

Dozens of people fell into the water, and only a dozen people's bodies were scooped up. In the past few days, it coincided with the flooding of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and more than 40 people, including the emperor, lost their traces in the flood.

A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day.

After searching for the emperor's body for more than ten days, but not finding it, the ministers knelt down and begged the crown prince Chen Luxing to ascend the throne.

Chen Luxing resolutely refused, saying that the emperor was just missing, and it did not prove that the emperor had been killed. He believed that the emperor would definitely be killed and return soon.

The crown prince was unwilling to ascend the throne, and the ministers begged again.

begged three times and refused, and in the end, the queen mother personally went out and talked with the prince all night, and the prince promised to temporarily act as a prisoner of the country first with red eyes.

For a period of one year, the emperor could no longer find a trace, and he ascended the throne again.

Waiting for the coffin containing the emperor's clothes to be transported to the capital, the queen Gongsun Wanying was grief-stricken and cried, and the queen fell ill half a year later.

In the twenty-second year of the Great Shang, the crown prince Chen Luxing ascended the throne as the emperor.

Chen Luxing and the ministers discussed, and the nickname was intended to be Jingtianchangyun, Wenwu, Ruizhe, Gong Jian, Liang Ren, filial piety, Kang Pingwen, and the temple name Shang Taizong.

Emperor Wen is a superior, Wen means that he has the ability to warp and weft the world, and has the moral character of being diligent and inquisitive.

Shang Taizong is a beautiful name that expands its territory.

The monarch who can enjoy the temple name can enjoy the offerings and sacrifices of generations of descendants. The monarchs who can get the temple name have a maximum of seven monarchs in a dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, and not every king can enjoy such qualifications.

Shang Taizong's temple name, that is well-deserved.

As soon as Chen Luxing put it forward, none of the ministers dared to oppose it.

The Great Shang Dynasty was established only twenty-one years, and the Great Shang Emperor reigned for more than ten years, pacifying the people and governing discipline. The whole country is strong and strong, and the country is peaceful and peaceful. Those small affiliated countries that were defeated had almost half of the income of the Great Shang Dynasty every year, which was all due to Taizong.

The coffins of the emperor and the queen were sent to the imperial mausoleum of Dongyang County, and in the Renshou Palace, the queen mother lit an ever-bright lamp.

The death of the queen was the hand of the queen mother.

When Lu Yangge left, he had actually made arrangements for the queen.

It's just that the Queen Mother can't bear the blood on Lu Yang's singer, and she can't bear that one day Chen Luxing's brothers and sisters learn the truth and have murderous intentions towards her aunt Lu Yangge. The Queen Mother simply removed the people from Lu Yangge's faction, and waited until the bad news of the emperor's trip came, and she did not make a move.

Gongsun Wanying's death did not make anyone doubt it. They all thought that Empress Gongsun and the emperor were in deep love, and they were harmonious. can't accept the fact that the emperor died, so he couldn't afford to get sick and followed the emperor.

As soon as Empress Gongsun died, Gongsun Xiangye received the bad news, fainted on the spot, and died of phlegm.

The queen of the Gongsun family died, and the father of Gongsun Wanying, Gongsun Changsheng, was not a person with great ambitions. The children and grandchildren below are also of mediocre intelligence.

Gongsun Changsheng was named Yong'an Hou and received an idle position, even if the Gongsun family did not have outstanding sons, at least within three generations, as long as they did not become demons, they would definitely be prosperous, rich, clothed and fed.

In the year when the emperor disappeared, Chen Xiaohu, who rushed back from Xirong, searched for a year. Until Chen Luxing ascended the throne, Chen Xiaohu had to turn around, and on the second day, he was guilty of asking the new emperor to surrender for the crime of dereliction of duty.

Condemn Chen Xiaohu?

The ministers of the DPRK and China have their own opinions, and it is said that Chen Xiaohu's escort is unfavorable, and Xirong has been defeated, so Chen Xiaohu should not let the emperor return alone in order to clean up the battlefield. This is a dereliction of duty and should be severely punished to comfort the spirit of the emperor in heaven.

There are also people who have a good relationship with Chen Xiaohu who shout grievances for Chen Xiaohu, General Chen is loyal to the country, and there is no merit and hard work. The emperor wanted to return alone, and he was killed by water bandits not far from the capital, how could it be General Chen's dereliction of duty?

Chen Luxing was silent, only looking at the civil and military ministers below arguing.

Tang Qi, the prince of Zhenguo, came out and interceded for Chen Xiaohu: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that General Chen has no merit. If General Chen can't get over this hurdle in his heart, he feels that he has not protected the emperor. The minister suggested that General Chen lead 3,000 soldiers to eradicate the canal bandits and avenge the emperor. ”

The ministers who were blushing and thick-necked immediately agreed, this is okay, no matter whether General Chen is meritorious or derelict in his duties, the water bandits will definitely be suppressed.

Not only should the water bandits near the canal be exterminated, but the mountains and rivers near the Great Shang Dynasty should be suppressed as long as there are bandits. Rather than allowing them to harm one party.

Because Taizu Chen Quan was born recklessly, he said before he died that those bandits who were desperate, only collected tolls, and did not kill people and intercept goods would be released. It's not because they can't survive, who wants to be a bandit.

The previous dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, the people were struggling to make a living, and bandits and bandits were rampant. Only then did Chen Quan revolt and establish the Great Shang Dynasty.

In recent years, the Great Shang Dynasty has been in good weather, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and there are not many bandits, who wants to go up the mountain and enter the water to be a bandit.

However, there are always people with bad intentions who want to get something for nothing.

After the death of the first emperor, Chen Xiaohu took 3,000 Jingwei to suppress the bandits for three years, and after exterminating all the large and small bandits of the Great Shang Dynasty, he built a big ship and went to sea, which was bound to wipe out the bandits around the Great Shang Dynasty.

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